It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
-- Alan Alda

[Fame] makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
-- Brad Pitt

You know, it's funny. Everyone thinks being an actor is like being a rock star, with women barging down your trouser door. But it could not be more different. I ride to work every day on my motorbike and there's never anyone at the studio gate. Every morning I arrive and think, 'Where the f**k are they?'
-- Ewan McGregor

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
-- Bob Dylan

Never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
-- Gore Vidal

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of cigarette packet.
-- Billy Connolly

When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble.
-- Muhammad Ali

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
-- Fred Allen

What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be democrats...or skinny.
-- Steve Martin (at the 2003 Oscars®)

[on Diana Ross]
Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger.
-- Johnny Mathis